Shoulder | Armpit

**ravenheather** · June 20th, 2012, 09:01 AM

APL is 24 on me too.

**Ndayeni** · June 20th, 2012, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by Tisiloves

Short APL has it's own challenge, mainly "I'm nearly APL, why can't I do any hairstyles".

This is my hair. I'm pretty well APL, at least in the back, but still have trouble doing a lot of styles because my APL is only about 21-22 inches and I have a lot of layers and angled cut on the sides, much of which is still only shoulder or less in length.

**palaeoqueen** · June 20th, 2012, 09:15 AM

It's hard to estimate as I'm only at 18" at the moment but it looks APL is probably about 23-24" on me too. I'm tall with a long neck which definitely doesn't help. After that it's bra strap at about 27" which will be a bit easier going!

**Bunnysaur** · June 20th, 2012, 10:23 PM

I've stopped bothering with actual numbers, I can never get anything consistent

**Katleen** · June 20th, 2012, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by Bunnysaur

I've stopped bothering with actual numbers, I can never get anything consistent

Same here, I've tried measuring my growth, but it seems that it differs too much according to my waves at that moment...

I'll just see where I end up each month at TTT.
And I'm also one of these cases of APL and no hairstyles possible, it's been in a messy bun for about a week now. Let's call it benign neglect due to too busy at work

**kielrain** · June 21st, 2012, 03:18 AM

I am another who has passed on the numbers. It seems to change no matter how hard I try to do it exactly the same.
I will continue to just use my very vague "this is where it feels and looks to be" measure.

**firegypsy** · June 21st, 2012, 03:24 AM

My hair grows SO SLOW. I'm kind of dreading the next TTT because it will be the first time I've actually measures it's slow progress.

**Wildcat Diva** · June 21st, 2012, 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by Katleen

Same here, I've tried measuring my growth, but it seems that it differs too much according to my waves at that moment...

I'll just see where I end up each month at TTT.
And I'm also one of these cases of APL and no hairstyles possible, it's been in a messy bun for about a week now. Let's call it benign neglect due to too busy at work

I don't care to measure either, just care where it falls on my body. Too much trouble and too hard.

I can't do any hairstyles really either, but I have had luck with one easy do that I can stick a fork in. It's the up & down french twist, that I learned off the styling vids off the flexi-8 site:
http://www.flexi8.com/sizing-and-sty...ml?id=bmWhdFUF
So I can do this with a stick or a fork in the top. I have to be happy with this for now.
I try a smaller sock bun and I have work this with my GTS forks, too.
Gotta wait, no choice.

**Wildcat Diva** · June 21st, 2012, 09:49 AM

Oh and Firegypsy does a Pha bun for her fork. It looked great on the GTS thread.

**palaeoqueen** · June 21st, 2012, 12:50 PM

I managed to get my hair to stay up with two sticks today! I don't think it really counts as a bun and the sticks are a bit long at the moment but it's very secure and fun to do something different

I've ordered some 5" sticks from Etsy which should work well for this "do".